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ICT Essentials for Teachers - Effects of Policy on the Classroom and Vice Versa

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This is a unit of Study from the Rwanda ICT Essentials for Teachers Course. Teachers should be able to explain how existing and planned national policies impact classroom practices and how their classroom practices correspond to and support policies related to ICT. So on completion of the unit teachers should know and understand existing and planned national policies related to ICTs in Education, identify how classroom practices correspond to and support national policies; Demonstrate a determination to play a positive role in nation building.

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Author: Rwanda Education Board

ICT Essentials for Teachers - ICT & Curriculum

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This is a unit of study whose competency whose competency is to demonstrate how various ICT can be used to support the teaching of the curriculum. The objectives are: Identify and understand the use of ICT  to support the curriculum and improve assessment and select digital resources to support curriculum and assessment and evaluate digital resources to support curriculum and assessment, develop ICT based learning activities/ exercises.  Appreciate the support of digital resources and ICT based learning activities/ exercises in curriculum and assessment.

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Author: Rwanda Education Board

ICT Essentials for Teachers - ICT & Physical Environment

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This is a unit of study whose competency is to intergrate the use of a computer laboratory into ongoing teacher activities and manage the use of supplementary ICT resources with individuals and small groups of students in the regular classroom so as to not disrupt the other instructional activities in the class. The objective is to identify and understand different ways to organize ICT in the school, laboratory/Classroom.

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Author: Rwanda Education Board

ICT Essentials for Teachers - Educational Internet

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This is a unit of study whose competency is to describe the functions and purpose of internet in the classroom and demonstrate the capability of using the internet. The objectives are: know and understand different internet applications and identify different areas where internet functions are applicable in the classroom. Identify the threats to students of using the internet.

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Author: Rwanda Education Board

ICT Essentials for Teachers - ICT for Professional Development

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This is a unit of study whose competency is to locate necessary resources that help to acquire additional subject matter and pedagogical knowledge for professional development. The objectives are: identify relevant resources for professional development and collaborative teacher networks. Discuss the advantages of collaborative networks and participate in collaborative teacher networks.

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Author: Rwanda Education Board

Advanced ICT Essentials for Teachers Course Curriculum

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The in-service teacher training programme was developed and adapted to UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT Version 3) and built by adapting and supplementing existing Open Educational Resources (OER). UNESCO ICT CFT consists of 18 competencies organized according to the six aspects of teachers’ professional practice, over three levels of teachers’ pedagogical use of ICT. The underlying idea is that teachers who have competencies to use ICT in their professional practice will deliver quality education and ultimately be able to effectively guide the development of students’ ICT competencies. Rwanda in-service teacher training programme focuses on competencies to integrate the appropriate ICT tools in a classroom setting and bring new experiences to Rwandan schools so that students and teachers have more exposure to an environment that grants them access to more valuable information. The in-service teacher training programme is designed to empower Rwandan school teachers to use ICT as an educational tool to enhance their teaching and learning.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Ministry of Education - Rwanda, Rwanda Basic Education Borad

Advanced ICT Essentials Course - In-Service Teacher Training Manual/Facilitation Guide

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This training manual has been developed to guide Teacher Trainers/etutors in training teachers to integrate ICT tools in their teaching and learning process. The design of manual is aligned to the National Curriculum which outlines the learning objectives for example, knowledge and understanding, skills and attitudes the teachers need to be equipped with in preparation for integrating ICTs in schools. The training manual is arranged into sessions and each session has a topic, session objectives, content, and activities. For example, in the introduction, the manual contains the resources, methodologies, and assessment. There are references such as open education resources which are free and other links that the master trainers can refer to for additional information.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Ministry o Education Rwanda, Rwanda Basic Education Borad

ICT Essentials for Teachers: Orientation & Baseline Survey

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During this session we will be setting up your Moodle account. We will be creating you as a 'user', making sure you have 'access' to the correct units and taking your photograph so it can be loaded into your 'profile'. Ideally your username and password have already been created and the facilitator will provide you with this information. Once you have a username and password 'login' and complete the activity below.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: Rwanda Basic Education Borad